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Cooper and Capsule on Deck
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Cooper and Capsule on Deck |
| Full Description |
Recovery personnel bring the Mercury space capsule "Faith 7" onboard the recovery ship U.S.S. Kearsarge with astronaut Gordon Cooper still inside. Once secured on deck, Cooper will jettison the Capsule's hatch allowing for his removal. |
| Date |
05/16/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cooper and Conrad on Deck
| Title |
Cooper and Conrad on Deck |
| Full Description |
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (right) and Charles Conrad Jr. walk across the deck of the recovery aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain following splashdown and recovery from the ocean. |
| Date |
08/29/1965 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cooper Egressing "Faith 7
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Cooper Egressing "Faith 7 |
| Full Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper is assisted in backing out of his Mecury capsule "Faith 7" after a 600,000 mile, 22.9 orbit journey around the Earth. He elected to remain in the spacecraft until it was hoisted to the deck of the Kearsarge, as did Astronaut Walter Schirra during the previous mission. |
| Date |
05/16/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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